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If you undo the two bolts that hold the strut to the hub carrier make sure you get it wheel aligned, easily get 5-10 mm toe change from them which will screw your tyres in no time.

Wow and been a member for a whole month :sage:

I agree with the tonic salt but at a small dose, id do 20% water changes daily for a week, what size tank are they in? If they are in your 350ltr maybe 50ltrs a day.

Its eating blood worms mainly, the brown ghost i got from you was struggling for food in the 7' tank in the house so moved it to the big tank in the shed to feed it up but it will only eat blood worms where as the banded knife is keen on prawns. The fire eels race the brown ghost for the blood worms, once its getting nice and fat im planning on starving them to change them over to prawns etc, my black ghost inside loves dry food but the others just ignore it. If your keen on the eel you can have it for $40, i paid $70-$75 from hff approx 9 mths ago.

Sorry to hear the sad news Henward, i have a small fire eel here (20-25cm) looking for a large tank as a new home. It's in with another fire eel and the banded knife and brown ghost knife i got off you. Let me know if your keen.

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If you need a filter i have a JBL crystal profi 500 sitting here, i think it has foam and i can probably find inlets and outlets etc, maybe some hose you can have if you like.....

See if Partmaster has it or can get it, if they can i can get a very good discount from their Manukau branch.

My money would be on the hoses, you shouldnt have trouble with an eheim for years. Only trouble ive had with them is that you cant lever out the impellor with the ceramic shaft :oops:

Id say the 2 x 2217 eheims, i use 2 on my 800ltr with 2 sunsun magnetic powerheads for extra flow, ive got a 2260 to put in but will continue with at least 1 x 2217, the 2217 is a great simple reliable filter.

Im keen on hearing dimensions as well, i have a 800ltr loach tank with clowns, striata, queen, golden zebra, angelicious, and tiger botias but would love something like 12,000 ltrs.

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I agree with the buy one or two theory, buying media to go inside that brewing barrel would cost a fortune. I would suggest 2 x Eheim 2217 but the aqua ones are a lot cheaper.

The filter i have going should be ready to pick up tommorrow along with your GBA, i work until midday but anytime after that or most of the day Sunday will be fine. Ill PM you my cell number.

Have you started with the basics? increasing your water changes to see if that makes a difference... increase oxygenation/surface movement, anything new to the tank fish, ornaments etc? The water changes and extra oxy may not cure them but it may help them survive longer until you sort out the cause.

The GBA will eat practically anything, ph wise they seem to be pretty happy in just about any water, ive never adjusted my ph and they breed happily in water straight from the hose. You can run as many filters as you like the more the merrier but you want to match up water movement with the fish that you keep, guppies dont like it flowing to fast so the 2 filters will be fine. Its this filter ....http://www.hollywoodfishfarm.co.nz/detail/view/eheim-pick-up-2008/m/1141/ Whilst the fish are recovering i would do 10% change daily or every second day until the symptoms dissappear. A small amount of salt is good for guppies and is a good cheap remedy.

The filter is a fairly basic one that just has a sponge but good enough to hold bacteria for biological filtration. A GBA is a Golden Blackeyed Ancistrus, a small pleco type bottom dwelling fish good for cleaning up uneaten food and helping keep the tank clean by eating some forms of algae. When you use your water conditioner do you add it for the amount of water your changing or the whole 64ltrs? If it is 2 drops per ltr and you do a 20ltr water change you will need to add 40 drops. Ill put the filter in to start cycling tommorow night. It will work out cheaper to buy your conditioner from Hollywood Fishfarm online. Animates is about the most expensive fish shop i have found.

They should be on the same water as me as they aren't far from me, for the last 5 years all 6 of my tanks (including breeding tanks with fry) have only ever had hose water changes, syphon water out and stick the hose in to fill with no problems, the kuhli loaches get a bit fidgety if i do a 30+% water change but at 20% the fish behave normally, NZ is lucky in that we generally have some great water straight from the tap. Maybe in some areas with bad water or other water sources you may need an additive. It can also depend on how many tanks and how many litres, when i had 11 tanks running it would have proved rather pricey to treat when several were getting daily water changes.

You shouldnt need ph up, ph down, ammo lock or even stress coat/stress zyme. All my tanks including breeding tanks get water changes straight from the hose, the trouble with the shops is it's their job to sell you things whether you need them or not. The water changes ( i'd be doing 15 ltrs twice weekly until sorted/cycled) will take care of ammonia, nitrite & nitrate levels without any help from chemicals, remember when the fish are in the wild there are no extra chemicals and they will survive and breed readily without them. I would also loose the carbon in the filter as that can also cause problems. Ive got an internal eheim filter here you can have if you like, i can set it up in one of my tanks to get some bacteria going in the sponge to help with the bio filtration in your tank. Do you have any bottom feeders to help keep the substrate clean? I'd have a spare GBA that would help with that if you'd like. Let me know about the filter/GBA if you want them.

BGK's are an awesome looking fish and would probably be ok depending on the width of you tank, you would have a lot more choice with a decent sized tank. Henward was just advising about the size of a fish someone else recommended for your tank which is exactly what you asked for. You ask for advice then chastise when its given. :roll:

I highly recommend Eheim filters but havent tried the built in heater model.

To me it sounds like the carbon could be the problem, it can only soak up so much then it will start releasing it back into the tank, twice weekly water changes should be sufficient so scrap the carbon. Persevere with it as it will get easier, only trouble you may find is you might end up wanting more and bigger tanks.

Loaches can be sensitive to meds or excess salt, most species can also be quite aggressive although boisterous and feisty probably describe it better.. The zodiacs i had didnt get on very well and were always scrapping over territory, they also used to pick the eyes out of the swordtails. http://www.loaches.com/species-index/mesonoemacheilus-triangularis The loaches book says "While it will tolerate others of it's own species provided each has it's own territoriy, this species can also be kept alone." They seem to be one of the loaches that don't like to school.

It is a great book and has been around for about 2 years, my missus bought me one when it first came out and its by far the favourite book in the fishy part of my library. I think it was HFF she bought it from.

Papakura should have the same water as us here in Weymouth, its been 4+ years since ive used any water ager, i figure if tap water is ok for me to drink then it should be fine for the fish. My way overstocked GBA tank gets a 33% water change every day and i just plonk the hose in there until its full again. The only fish i have seen react to straight tap water are kuhli loaches, none of the other loaches or fish seem to mind. We do have very good water compared to most other countries.